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I . telegraph [ˈtelıgrɑːf] N

II . telegraph [ˈtelıgrɑːf] VB trans, intr

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telegraph pole, telegraph post N

Usage examples with telegraph

send news by telegraph
用电报发送新闻
telegraph her to come
给她发电报让她来

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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It was not a success, and crashed into a telegraph pole within the year it was built.
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The winds blew trees onto power lines, leaving widespread areas without telephone, telegraph, or power.
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Even later communication methods such as cinema, telegraph, telephones, cars and aircraft, had an impact.
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Additionally, there was the factor of the telegraph.
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Troops also hoped to destroy key telegraph lines and damage nearby salt mines and lead mines.
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Additionally, telephone, telegraph, and electrical services were completely lost.
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At the end of the century the number of telegraph offices open to the public amounted to fifteen hundred.
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He was a brakeman and telegraph operator who just so happened to like singing.
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The post and telegraph office, the hotel and store were described as the main buildings.
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These used a moving pen attached to a galvanometer to record telegraph signals.
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